Authors who are believed to have composed more than one work include: Moses, Homer and Baruch (acting as a scribe for Jeremiah.)
I have provided a general timeline of this period here.
Aramean
Tel Dan Stele (Between 870 and 750 BC)
Biblical
Genesis
Exodus
Leviticus
Numbers
Deuteronomy
Joshua (1375-539 BC)
Judges (1375-539 BC)
Ruth (Circa 1011-931 BC)
1 Samuel-2 Samuel (Circa 950 BC)
1 Kings-2 Kings (560 to 540 BC)
1 Chronicles-2 Chronicles (Circa 430 BC)
Job (Unclear; the tradition is believed to date to the 2000's BC.)
Psalms (1446-638 BC)
Proverbs (970-687 BC)
Ecclesiastes (Circa 937 BC, or in the classical period.)
Song of Solomon (Circa 950 BC)
Isaiah (627-586 BC)
Jeremiah (627-586 BC)
Lamentations (Circa 586 BC)
Ezekiel (Circa 571 BC)
Hosea (Circa 715 BC)
Joel (Between 931-586 BC)
Amos (Circa 760-750 BC)
Obadiah (Between 841 and 500 BC)
Jonah (Circa 760 BC)
Micah (Between 742-687 BC)
Nahum (Between 663 and 612 BC)
Habakkuk (Between 612 and 588 BC)
Zephaniah (Between 640 and 621 BC)
Canaanite
Amarna Letters (Correspondence between Canaan and Egypt before the arrival of the Israelites.)
Egyptian
Autobiography of Ameni Amenemhat (Circa 2400 BC)
Autobiography of Uni / Weni (Circa 2290 BC)
Autobiography of Herkhuf (Circa 2280 BC)
The Tale of the Shipwrecked Sailor (The oldest written story that we know of--2200 BC)
Autobiography of Thetha (Circa 2100 BC )
Edict Against Blacks--Nubians (Circa 1900 BC)
Inscription of Usertsen III at Semnah (Circa 1900 BC)
The Story of Sanehat (Circa 1800 BC)
The Story of the Educated Peasant Khuenanpu
The Journey of Umu-Amen, the Priest who went into Syria
Autobiography of Amasis (Circa 1600 BC)
Autobiography of Amasis Pen Nekheb (Circa 1600 BC)
Campaign of Thothmes II in Nubia (Circa 1500 BC)
Capture of Megiddo by Thothmes III (Circa 1456 BC)
The Conquests of Thothmes III (Circa 1460 BC)
The Book of the Dead (Circa 1420 BC)
Hymn to Aten (Circa 1370 BC)
The Destruction of Mankind (Circa 1350 BC)
Dispute Between a Man and His Ba
Merenptah's Victory Stele (Circa 1200 BC)
Summery of the Reign of Rameses III (Circa 1155 BC)
The Conquest of Egypt by King Piye of Nubia (Circa 715 BC)
Greek
The Iliad (Circa 800 BC)
The Odyssey (Circa 800 BC)
Aesop`s Fables (Circa 620-564 BC)
Indian
Rig Veda (Circa 1500 to 1200 BC)
Sama Veda (Circa 1500 to 500 BC)
Yajur Veda (Circa 1500 to 500 BC)
Atharva Veda (Circa 1500 to 500 BC)
The Upanishads (Circa 1200 to 500 BC)
Israelite
Collection of Censuses by the Israelites
Message from King Solomon to King Hiram (966 BC)
Letter from King Hiram to King Solomon (966 BC)
Tel Dan Stele (870 and 750 BC)
Siloam Inscription (701 BC)
Lachish Relief (701 BC)
King Hezekiah's Seal (Circa 700 BC)
Mesopotamian
Law Code of Ur-Nammu, contains the oldest written Laws ever found (circa 2075 BC)
A Hymn to Enlil-Bani (Circa 2063 BC)
The Epic of Gilgamesh (Circa 2000 BC)
The Code of Hammurabi (Circa 1725 BC)
The Epic of Atrahasis (1600's BC)
Enuma Elish (1100 BC)
Lachish Relief (701 BC)
The Sennacherib Prism (691 BC)
Assyrian Medical Texts, in the Assyrian language (600's BC)
Moabite
The Moabite Stone (Circa 840 BC)
Phoenician
Message from King Solomon to King Hiram (966 BC)
Letter from King Hiram to King Solomon (966 BC)
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